Overview
The University treats access to higher education as a matter of equity, ensuring that financial circumstances do not stand between a capable student and a degree, and carries that commitment beyond its own students into the surrounding communities.
The University pursues this goal across its teaching, its scientific research, its campus operations and its service to the community. The sections below set out how it delivers the goal, the activities held during the year, the research its academics published, and the policies that underpin its commitment.
How the University delivers this goal
- Operates a structured programme of need-based tuition support and scholarships so that admitted students are not forced to withdraw for financial reasons.
- Lowers the day-to-day cost of study for students from low-income families through free shared transport, subsidised meals and on-campus services.
- Offers scholarship routes for students from lower-income countries.
- Through its partnership with the Hayah Foundation for Sustainable Development, supports community members to start financially and socially sustainable businesses, including micro-credit for young people.
- Delivers community training, literacy classes and medical convoys that widen access to basic services.
- Contributes to national poverty-reduction and social-solidarity initiatives.
Activities in 2022/23
- During Ramadan in March 2023, FUE students — working with the Hayah Foundation for Sustainable Development and the student-led “Kataf fi Kataf” initiative — packed and distributed food-and-essentials charity bags to families in need in the communities around the campus, continuing an annual drive that mobilises student volunteers to reach low-income households.
- The University maintained its need-based financial support throughout the year, combining tuition reductions for students facing hardship with full scholarships for top-performing secondary-school graduates, so that admitted students are not forced to withdraw for financial reasons.
Policies supporting this goal
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